~ Zaaj Dynasty: Empress’s Royal Palace ~ As the full moon shone brightly overhead, beneath its calm light were two anxious figures. The handsome man, Grand Duke Wén Dingxiang, stood near the pillars outside on the right as he paced distractedly with sweat profusely dripping along his face. He wore a white hanfu robe stitched with a golden dragon on the back with his hands clenched onto a folded dark-indigo fan. He was eight hundred and thirty years old although he still looked like he was in his late twenties. Next to him was a worried young male servant, Zhu Peng, with his head bowed. This servant has been a close aid of the man since childhood. Finally, unable to stand the silence any longer, Zhu Peng cautiously spoke: “Sire, the child
In The Death of Duke Ching of Chin, the author provides readers with an enthralling anecdote of the death of Duke Ching in 581 B.C.. The narrator describes the death prophecy of Duke Ching with as much detail as the life he had lived as a ruler. The author’s detailed description of the dream experienced by Duke Ching presents the themes, symbolizing significant aspects that would lead to his death. An ogre came to him in his dream, seeking revenge for the death of its grandsons. The shaman’s prophecy said that he would die before the time of the new grain. He then fell extremely ill and was diagnosed with a disease that is situated above the diaphragm and below the heart. He dreamt about his illness in the form of the two little boys and the physician confirmed it. The presence of the day ping-wu symbolizes the false prophecy the duke believed he had been told too by the shaman, and sentenced him to death. The duke started to eat the grain, however, his stomach swell up and he went for the privy. Fatefully, he fell down the hole and died.
In his murder novel, The Willow Pattern, Robert Van Gulik chronicles the work of the semi-fictional historical figure Judge Dee: a statesman and detective of the Tang court. In the midst of a mysterious plague that had overtaken the capital city of Chang’an Judge Dee seeks answers to the murder of two wealthy aristocrats. Over the course of his endeavors, he encounters many attributes and acts characteristic to the Tang Dynasty. DESPITE THE FICTIONAL NATURE OF HIS NOVEL, GULIK PAINTS A HISTORICALLY PLAUSIBLE PICTURE OF THE TANG DYNASTY THROUGH DEPICTIONS OF THE COSMOPOLITAN CULTURE, THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND ADHERENCE TO CONFUCIAN, LEGALIST, AND BUDDHIST BELIEFS.
This piece centers of the life of Xue Susu and her impact on Chinese history. The author presents this history as one often debated in the timeline of events as well as constructed through multiple accounts. Xue Susu was a well known and respected courtesan in the Ming Dynasty. She was widely admired for a variety skills such as poetry, painting, calligraphy, horse back riding, archery and martial arts. With these skills, she embodied the ideal beauty standards of that time with beauty, talent and virtue.
The false or certifiable unselfishness of Mahmud the Gaznevide was not imitated by High mountain Arslan; and he assaulted without compunction the Greek ruler Eudocia and her youngsters. His disturbing advancement constrained her to give herself and her staff to the hand of a trooper; and Romanus Diogenes was contributed with the Majestic purple. His patriotism, and maybe his pride, asked him from Constantinople inside two months after his promotion; and the following effort he most outrageously took the field amid the heavenly celebration of Easter. In the royal residence, Diogenes was close to the spouse of Eudocia: in the camp, he was the head of the Romans, and he maintained that character with weak assets and invulnerable bravery. By his
Genghis Khan. Just the name conjures up images of death, destruction, and horror. Genghis Khan was a fearsome ruler who used brutal tactics to expand his empire all throughout Asia 800 years ago. As I was learning about this formidable leader in my AP World History class, I began to think about our leaders today. This brought me to the question, in 800 years, how would our current leader, Trump, be seen in society?
Zahar is apart of a resistance group, that think that syria has a bad relationship with them, but has really good relations with “humans”. He thinks “it's wrong to be confined by a particular experience.” Hamas (The group Zahar co-found) vision is to keep the islamic nation alert and active. There relationship is bad because alleged that the movement had allied itself with extremist militants fighting in Syria.This has changed both of them with their trust towards each other.Both syria and hamas say they will never trust one or the other ever again.Gaza ( a terrorist group ) in 2003 dropped an F-16 on Zahar house with his wife and kids in the house.One of his sons dies his wife, daughter, and Zahar got injured.2007, Hamas had taken complete control over Gaza, successfully beating down Fatah forces and compelling Abbas to relocate to the West Bank.Hamas quickly exerted control over the region’s infrastructure, helping run food banks,
In 2008, Mumbai saw a series of terrorist attacks that lasted from November 26th to the 29th that resulted in approximately 172 deaths and numerous more casualties (Rabasa). The terrorist group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, managed to sneak into the city undetected by initially sailing from Karachi on a Pakistani cargo vessel. From this point, LeT hijacked an Indian fishing trawler, killed the entire crew except for the captain who was also later killed when they reached their destination; Mumbai. Members of this group were armed with automatic assault rifles and grenades as they split up into smaller units and simultaneously attacked multiple locations throughout the populous city. Nine of the ten attackers were killed during these four days, with the
Among many other similar films or TV series that I watched over the years, The Last Emperor is the most accurate one. I felt depressed after watching the movie. To study the costumes in this movie, it is necessary to understand the leading character – Pu Yi’s life and identity. The entire film is about Pu Yi’s experience from late Qing Dynasty (1910s) to the 1967 cultural revolution, which is nearly 20 years after the development of People’s Republic of China.
For centuries, Feng Rong has been an Ancient War God after fighting past battles against Ancient Demigods and Devils. After generations of peace, he spent his days in his Palace and the barracks drinking rice wine with his fellow soldiers and comrades, even sometimes sparring with them. Although Feng Rong is a rather attractive; handsome; composed; and calculative man, he was still a bachelor in his prime who has no interest in
As Shen held a still asleep Aixin securely in his arms and glares at Meigui, Zhanshi frowns and says, “Lady Hua, what are you doing here?”
As the centuries passed, successive dynasties (from Tahirid dynasty (821–873) to the Khwarazmian dynasty (1077–1231/1256) came and went. The life moved forward ignoring the ups and downs until the second 'invading' nihilistic wave occurred which consisted of two invasions: first, the invasion of Genghis Khan (the Mongols) and, second, the invasion of Hulagu Khan (the Timurids). In the thirteenth century, Genghis Khan invaded Persia (Iran), raids and invasions which are considered as some of the deadliest battles in human history where forty millions innocent people were killed. Ali Ibn al-Athir (1160-1233), the historian and biographer who witnessed the invasion, described the invasion of the Mongols as ‘the greatest catastrophe and the most
which buried its dead and had a script which is still not deciphered and the Vedic Period
One of the greatest political achievements of Arabs in Spain were the creation of the Umayyad Emirate of Spain by Abd ar-Rahman I in 756. The Umayyad's originally came from Mecca, Saudi Arabia and had an empire that stretched from Syria to Morocco. They were kicked out by the Abbasids and the left over army moved east to start and private Islamic empire
Would you like to learn about The Song Dynasty? I knew a little about the Dynasty before I began to research. I wondered if it was about songs. I learned pretty quickly that it is not. In this paper I will share what I learned. Let me tell you about the poetry, clothing and drama I will also tell you about The Song Dynasty began in 960 and ended in 1279. Finally I tell you about the Song Architecture.
Struggle and Pain seem to be the idiosyncrasy of pre-revolutionary China. Such societal circumstances certainly had a profound impact on the contemporaneous